Combination belt-loop and button



1. H. `0110. COMBINATION BELT LOOP AIND BUYI'TON. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 3.1918.

1,3 1 5,856. Patented Sept. 9, 1919.

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tion is to provide tachnient or i fastener iJAMnsH. o'rmo, or" BEELER, inane.`

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1AppnmnanineaMarch s, `1911s.` iseriai No. eerste.

Toalllwz/O'm,tiffany/concerns i Be it known :that f 1I, .lmvlrnsflfl. O'nro, a

citizen of the United "States, residV l0* at Beeler, in the county `oi Shoshone i andibtate of Idaho, have invented Lcertain lnew `and useful Improvements inl` Combination Belt- Loops `and Buttons; and I do hereby declare `tlnr following Ato *be ai dull, clear, #and exact description oit' the l invention, such i as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use `the same. 1

` This invention relates ftoftrouser i attachments and the "primary i `bjeet of l the inveni' an `iniproved trouser i aty having a two-fold 'function of `receiving the `belt`|` and suspendcrs for holding the sameinposition. a y

Another object of the `invention to provide an improved trouser `attachment for receiving the `belt and suspender' i'orn'le'd Tot a single piece of wire havinglretaining prongs formed thereonlwhereby the same can be readilyandjquickly seclnedtoltl'ie trousers without `necessitating the employment ot needle and thread." i

A 'further objectwoftfthel provide an improved trouser attachment comprising an attaching base and a downwardly extending inwardly bent @spring hook forming a loop and a means for receiving and holding the suspenders. i

A still :further object of the invention is to provide an improved trouser attachment of the above character, which is durable and efficient in use, one that is simple and easy to manufacture, and one that can be placed u on the market at a reasonable cost.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and 'formation of parts, as will be hereinafter more specifically` described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing forming a Figure 1 is an elevation of the improved device attached to the trousers showing the same used as a loop for supporting a belt,

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the same used for a hook for 'receiving the suspender tabs,

Fig. 3 is a side elevation di the attachment showing the saine in position. on a pair of trousers with a beltin position thereon,

Fig. e is a similar' view showing the susperder tabs in position thereomand 5 is n. detail perspeetve view et the "views, the y numeral a y double thickness. invention `is to for receiving the "belt" prongs.

l tion 3 and trousers.

` *Refer ring 1toI 'thedrawing lin detail wheref in ysimilar reference numerals designate @cor- 1 responding i parts `"throughout the i several improved attaclnnentwhich is adapted to be secured to `a pair of Ntrousers2.. The `at- "tachment *1 is adaptedj to fbesecured at `spaced fintervals around the upper edge oli 1improved :attaclnnent ircmoved `from the? 1 generally indicates the the trousersandvis arranged to supplement the ordinary belt loops u andebuttons vusually securedfaround the trousers tops. This attachment is so lformed that when ajbutton retaining prongs", which hereinafter avll "be more .fully described, cairbe readily inserted in the trousers landlbent in position and ithe removal otthe' same `ispraetically imposi sible. 1

`fTl1e improved fftronsers` attachinent 1` is "formed" lfrom a single length oit `wire `bent p p theeentralportion thereof` providing `a vertical body portionl 3 ot Thebody portion 3 is bent `rearwardly asfatfi toward the trousers l2 and th en downwardly to provide a `trouser engaing portion "5, which, lies `in spaced para lel relation tothe 'bodyf portion "The ends of the wire are bent outwardly in opposite directions at approximately the central portion of the body engaging portion 5 as at 6 to provide legs 7 so as to form a relatively wide base to engage the trousers 2, and the legs 7 lie in the same plane as the trousers engaging portion 5. The terminals of the legs 7 are bent inwardly as at 8 and then upwardly as at 9 and sharpened as at 10 to provide retaining prongs for engaging the` cloth of the trousers and prevent dis` placement thereof. The upwardly bent portions 9 are arranged to engage the rear face of the trousers and are adapted to be bent slightly inward so as to irmly clamp the cloth between the body portion 3, the legs 7 and the bent portion 9 of the retaining The free end ot the body portion 3 is bent inwardly toward the trousers as at 11 and slightly upwardly as vide a hook portion to prevent the removal of any article placed between the vide an enlarged bearing Vportion to engage the article positioned between the body portion 3 and the legs 7,.' The strands of the at 12 to pro-` body pori the trousers. The hook portion` 12 is formed relatively wide as at 13 to proi Aseen that an improve thereof.

placement ofthe belt wire forming the hook portion 12 are spaced from each other at this point to provide the enlarged portion.

In operation of the improved` device the prongs are forced through the retaining cloth of the trousers and are then bent upwardly and inwardly be readily placed between the body portion 3 and the trousers engagingportion 5 and` legs? andheld against displacement. The belt 14 can `be: either threaded `in between the body portion 3 andthe trousers, or the saine can be placed between the same by springing the body portion 3 `and hook 12 outwardly and sliding the belt in between the ends` `of the hook land thetrousers. As shown in Figs. 2 and 4L, a suspender tab 15 is shown in position andlin this larrant-ement the hook portion 12 is placed in the button `:holes of the suspendertab and; thesame isslid upwardly From the iforegoin pose, namely of receiving andv supporting a trousers belt and forholding the suspender tabs in position. Thefformation of theattachment also allows the sameto be readily and quickly appliedto a pair of trousers without employing needle and thread.

Inpractice, I have'vfound that the" form Copies of this patent :nayte Bhtained fer as described above and as shown inFigs. 1 and abeltlltcanl of my invention, illustrated in the accompanylng drawings and referred to inthe above descrlption, as the preferred embodiment, is the, most eiiicient and practical; yet

realizing the conditions concurrent with the i adoption of my device will necessarily vary, I desire to emphasize the factfthatvarious minor .changes` in details of construction,

proportion and arrangement of parts may be resorted to, when required withoutA sacrificing any. of the vention as set forth.y L Y What I claim as newiis:- e.

i An attachment `for trousers `and the like formed ofl a single ,length of i wireV ,bent `intermediate vits ends and `comprising La vera tical body portion, a spaced `parallel trouser engaging portion-havingthefree end thereof provided with outwardly andoppositely extendinglegs for forming a relativelylat larly l extending `retaining prongs .formed fon the legs and eXtend-ingin spaced parallel rielationto thelegs for engaging the cloth, the body portion having its iiree `end -bent inwardly and angularly` `toward the 1 trousers and in close! proximity thereto to provide a closed'loop, said `bent* endgbeino arranged intermediate the prongs, as and` tor thejpurpose specified. Y

wide bearing lmember;inwardlyiandfangu- In testimony Whereofil aliizr my signa-` Y ture inpresence of two witnesses.

JAMES H. OTTO.A Witnesses: y Y y .i i S. E..Wonsrm1,1z y

y ALMA` J..CARLsoN. j

ve cents each, 'byaddressingitlie ,ommissioner `of Patents Washington, D. C. n 

